Presolicitation
U.S. Department of Agriculture Seeks to Lease Office and Related Space in Albemarle, NC
Department of Agriculture · Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
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AI summaryThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and Conservation Business Center plans to lease 2,965 to 3,113 usable square feet of office space in Albemarle, North Carolina. The full term is 10 years, with a firm term of 5 years. SAM.gov's response date for this presolicitation is November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, when the solicitation is expected. More in the summary
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and Conservation Business Center plans to lease 2,965 to 3,113 usable square feet of office space in Albemarle, North Carolina. The full term is 10 years, with a firm term of 5 years. SAM.gov's response date for this presolicitation is November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, when the solicitation is expected.
Who can bid
- Space must be inside the delineated area around Albemarle, NC
- Space must not be in the 1-percent annual chance (formerly 100-year) flood plain
- Subleases are not acceptable
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Space must be within a defined area of Albemarle. Only buildings inside the delineated boundaries qualify, so an owner outside them cannot offer space.
- Worth checking: Flood plain and no subleases. Space in the 1-percent annual chance flood plain is ruled out, and subleases are not allowed.
- Worth checking: Turnkey tenant improvements with pre-award drawings. The owner must deliver finished build-out and have Design Intent Drawings done before award, which adds cost and work up front.
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- Minor: Firm term and termination rights. The firm term is 5 years of a 10-year full term, with termination rights of 120 days; the notice does not say who holds them.
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Full summary
What they want
- Offer office space in the delineated area of Albemarle, NC: minimum 2,965 and maximum 3,113 square feet of ANSI/BOMA office area (ABOA, the usable area), and at most 3,735 rentable square feet (RSF)
- Provide 3 reserved Government vehicle parking spaces and 9 reserved visitor or customer spaces
- Provide 18 non-reserved employee spaces on site or within 300 feet of the premises
- Provide turnkey tenant improvements with pre-award Design Intent Drawings
- Offer contiguous space on one floor, first floor preferred, with an accessible elevator if above the ground floor
- Provide a fully serviced lease meeting Government fire safety, accessibility, seismic and sustainability standards
- Contract type
- Lease of office space; a fully serviced lease is required
- Period of performance
- Full term 10 years; firm term 5 years; termination rights 120 days
- Place of performance
- Albemarle, NC, within the delineated area given in the notice
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- How to respond to this presolicitation and what the response date asks of building owners
- How offers will be evaluated and the rent basis
- The solicitation documents and lease terms are not in the notice text
- Whether any socio-economic set-aside applies (SAM.gov shows none)
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Fpac Bus CNTR-MGMT SVS Div, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- X1AA · Lease/Rental of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Real estate, rentals & leasing (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 531120)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
State: North Carolina City: Albemarle Delineated Area: North: NC Hwy 73 to US 52 Hwy, East: US 52 Hwy to NC Hwy 138, West: St. Martin Rd, to Carriker Rd, across Hwy 24/27 to Bost Rd, to Canton Rd, to Austin Rd, back to Hwy 73, South: NC 138 Hwy to Old Aquadale Rd, to Sides Rd, to St. Martin Rd Minimum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 2,965 Maximum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 3,113 Maximum Sq. Ft. (RSF): 3,735 Space Type: Office Reserved Government Vehicle Parking Spaces: 3 Reserved Visitor/Customer Parking Spaces: 9 Non-Reserved Employee Parking Spacing (located on-site or within 300 feet of premises): 18 Full Term: 10 Years Firm Term: 5 Years Termination Rights: 120 Days Additional Requirements: • Turnkey tenant improvements with pre-award Design Intent Drawings. • The space offered, its location, and its surrounding areas must be compatible with the Government’s intended use. • Subleases are not acceptable. • First floor space is preferred. Offered space must be contiguous and continuous, on one floor. If space offered is above the ground floor level, then at least one (1) accessible elevator will be required. • A fully serviced lease is required. • Offered space must meet Government requirements for fire safety, accessibility, seismic, and sustainability standards per the terms of the Lease. • Offered space shall not be in the 1-percent annual chance (formally 100-year) flood plain.
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